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Climber Wall ShrubConservatory Greenhouse

Passiflora antioquiensis H. Karst.
  • RHS AGM

banana passion fruit

Vigorous climber to 5m or more, with deeply 3-lobed mid to dark green leaves, downy beneath, and pendent flowers to 12cm across, with bright rose-red flowers to 14cm across, with slender, long green tubes and small violet coronas, flowering in summer followed by edible yellow fruit with a delicate flavour

Synonyms
Tacsonia vanvolxemii
Size
Ultimate height
4–8 metres
Time to ultimate height
5–10 years
Ultimate spread
2.5–4 metres
Growing conditions
Chalk
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer Pink Red Green
Autumn Green Yellow
Winter Green
Position
  • Full sun
  • Partial shade
Aspect

South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H2
Botanical details
Family
Passifloraceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Climbing
Genus

Passiflora are mostly tender tendril-climbing shrubs, with simple or palmately-lobed, generally evergreen leaves and showy flowers of distinctive structure with often colourful coronal filaments, followed by conspicuous fruits, edible in some species

Name status

Correct

Plant range
Colombia

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How to grow

Cultivation

Fast-growing climber for sun or partial shade, thrives in moist but well-drained soil. Ideal for conservatories; in areas where temperatures drop to below 5-7°C, grow in a container and overwinter indoors, see passion flower cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown at 13 to 18°C in spring or root semi-hardwood cuttings in summer. Layering can be carried out in spring or autumn

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • Sub-tropical
  • Conservatory and greenhouse
  • Edible fruit
Pruning

Pruning group 11 or pruning group 12 in early spring

Pests

May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects and glasshouse whitefly

Diseases

May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely) and a virus

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